Afghanistan is the longest war in American history, outlasting the Civil War ... He warned against putting “a timeline on it.” This is after more than 17 years of war, thousands of dead ...

The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan more rapidly than intelligence officials expected. Here’s a look at the nine days that sealed the group’s yearslong takeover. Illustration ...

It also a sign that Obama’s repeated willingness to offer timelines to assuage his domestic base is having a very negative effect on Afghanistan’s security.

The rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty points to the crucial strategic significance of the region today known as Afghanistan. The Taliban are famous for destroying priceless artifacts. With Kabul ...

One of the keys to the Taliban success was they offered an alternative. They said, “Look, the mujahedeen fought heroically to liberate your country but have now turned it into a war zone. We offer ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... a year before the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Russian archaeologist Viktor Ivanovich ...

Afghanistan is many things. It may or may not be a graveyard of empires, depending on which end of the shovel you happen to be on. It is definitely one of the lands that produces more military history ...

Rahmanullah Gurbaz's seventh ODI century followed by a blistering 86* from Azmatullah Omarzai and the nine wickets Rashid Khan and Nangeyalia Kharote shared saw Afghanistan thump South Africa by ...